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F. C. WEIR 8u N, O. GOIIDSMITL` RAILWAY PROG. 110.398.201. Patented Feb.19,1889.

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Xp T/ep l z bhe FREDRIC C. wWEIR AND NATHANIEL O. GOLDSMITH, OFCINCINNATI, OHIO, i

ASSIGNORS TO THE VEIR FROG COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY-FROG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,201, dated February19, 1889.

Application filed May 24, 1888. Serial No. 274,911. (No model.) Y

b @ZZ whom it' may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDRIC C. WEIR and NATHANIEL O. (.roLDsMrri-i, ofCincinnati, in 1 the county oi? Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful 1inproveinents in Railway-Frogs, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

The objeet of our invention is to eonstruet a frog of center-hearinggirder-rails for street 4 railways in a Cheap, strong, and convenientmanner.

The features ol our` il'nf'ention will be fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying draw-ings, making a part of thisspecification, in whieh- Figure l is a top plan view. tion on line a it,Fig. l. Fig. tion ol' Fig.

AWe have shown the frog as constructed ot' center-hearinggi1'der-rails,hut these are the equivalentof sidehearing girder-rails.

The points are constructed as follows: A A represent girder-rails, whichare beveled oft' to have their heads and flanges abut each other, asshown in Fig. The rails B B are Fig. 2 is a secis a modificahent toforni guard and main-traek rails in the usual manner of frogs. The saidrails A A and B B are then secured t0 the base-plate D by rivets passingthrough the anges of said rails and through said plate, as shown in Fig.2.

ln liig. o we have shown a modification, which com sts in bending theiianges 1 of rails A A upward and the flanges 2 of rails B B downward tooverlap each other, insieid of 35 cutting oit one of the side trains, asshown in Fig. 2, and then securing the flanges 1 and 2 together hyrivets 3. This makes a very stron g structure and is the preferred form.

Tt is obvious that the iianges l Gould he de- 4o pressed and thelflanges 2 upset to overlap eaeh other reversely to the manner shown inFig. 3, but such construction would he a mere change oi form.

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together by rivets 3 and t-he bottom flanges of 5o said rails secured tothe base-plate D, suhstantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

FRFDRO O. VVEIR. NATHANIEL O. GOLDSMlTI-I.

W itncsses:

ROBERT ZAHNER, J. WATSON Sins.

